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TOWNSHIP Of JACKSONOPOLIS.
On the 30th of July, 1830, an " act to incorporate the township of Jacksonopolis," passed by the legislative council of the territory was approved by the governor. By a subsequent act, approved February 18th. 1831, the name was changed to Jacksonburgh. This township, in the language of the act, embraced " all that part of the country being within the limits of the county of Jackson." The township and county were one in extent until 1833, when the county was divided into four townships—Jacksonburgh, Spring Arbor, Napoleon and Grass Lake.
Section 2, of the act of July 30, 1830, provides " that the first township meeting to be held in said township shall be held at the dwelling
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house of I. W. Bennett, in said township, on the third Tuesday of August, 1830."
Section 3 provides that the officers elected " at said special township meeting shall not hold their offices longer than the first Monday in April,
1831."
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